Wonder what would have qualified for grand theft auto in AZ back then, and how the cops came to that conclusion before apprehending (if at all) any suspect?
Know someone whose stolen car was found and returned over 4 weeks later. It is better for the owner to hope his car is never found.
About 10 years ago, my son in Surprise had his Ford 250, Harley Dividson edition stolen in the middle of the night. A friend a couple houses down was a LEO in Maricopa County. He told my son that his truck was stolen by the Mexican “coyotes”, as the 250 is their favorite human trafficking transportation up from Mehico. He told my son it would be destroyed after they made a few trips back and forth to Mehico. They should find his truck somewhere in a couple weeks. It gets more disgusting than that. That morning a secretary from a construction site called him and said she had a bunch of documents that looked like they may have been from his glove compartment. They were found next to the work site’s fuel pump. He told her what had happened and she said that the cheap coyote bastards normally refuel at construction sites. His truck had been stripped so they could be fitted with straps for the new “american” wetbacks to hold onto as they scream across the desert. Judging from the mileage, it appears they made three trips to Mehico. They then brought the truck back to Arizona and drove it over a cliff. They had to bring in a huge crane to pull it out of the canyon before the far left envirowackos started complaining about it ruining da “enviomen.”